The Big Preview (1970)
- Country
- United States
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This was a TV series that showed a mix of movies on New York City television from the 1960s to the 1980s. It aired on Sunday afternoons and sometimes Saturdays, featuring an assortment of films from different genres.
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What happens
The Big Preview was a movie venue that aired on New York City television station WOR-TV (Channel 9) beginning in the early 1960s and continuing into the early 1980s. It could be seen on Sundays (for a time, it also aired on Saturdays) starting somewhere between 5 and 6:30 PM and ran an eclectic mix of films. In addition, there was a Monday night edition of The Big Preview that ran from 1967 to 1968 at 9 PM. Some movies that were shown were: A Lovely Way to Die Beware! The Blob Blacula Cat People (1942) Count Yorga, Vampire Day of the Wolves Destry Grave of the Vampire It Came from Beneath the Sea King Kong Escapes King Kong vs. Godzilla Lisa and the Devil Macabre (1958) Monster on the Campus P.J. (1968) Son of Frankenstein The Little Shop of Horrors The Man Who Haunted Himself The Unsuspected (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Happening- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.